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Valley Stream Man Claims $1M Powerball Prize
Lottery officials say the man had bought the ticket Dec. 22, and will bring home $651,000 after taxes.
VALLEY STREAM, NY. — A Valley Stream man got an extra payday this month, as New York Lottery officials announced he had finally claimed the $1 million prize that he won on a Powerball ticket purchased Dec. 22.
New York Lottery officials announced Thursday that Valley Stream’s Thomas Rey Tse had claimed his second-prize winning reward, won by purchasing a ticket that matched the first five number drawn in the Dec. 22 drawing.
The numbers were 03, 18, 36, 41, 54 and Powerball 07.
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The ticket was purchased at a Shell station on West Merrick Road in Valley Stream, officials said.
Lottery officials said Tse had chosen to receive the payment as a lump sum, which totals $651,000 after taxes.
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